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XES Synergix
8825/8830/8850/8855
Windows NT 4.0 PostScript Print
Driver User Guide
701P36867 July 2001
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Trademark Acknowledgments ® Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. ® Microsoft Word is a copyright protected program of Microsoft Corporation. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. PageMaker and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. CorelDRAW is a registered trademark of Corel Corporation. WinZip is a registered trademark of Nico Mak Computing, Inc. ® XEROX , XES Synergix 8855 and 8855 Digital Solution, XES Synergix 8850 and 8
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XES Synergix 8825/8830/8850/8855 Windows NT 4.0 PostScript Print Driver User Guide ii Removing the Driver...................................................................... 23 Table of Contents Trademark Acknowledgments ......................................................... i Introduction...................................................................................... 1 Purpose of this Guide ..................................................................... 1 Basic Requirements....
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4. Click OK on the Print Screen to print your job. 5. If you no longer need the driver, remove the driver as stated in the Introduction Removing the Driver section of this Guide. Purpose of this Guide The purpose of this Guide is to assist you with instructions for installing a PostScript Print Driver, adjusting the Print Drivers settings to meet your needs, printing with the Print Driver, and removing the driver when it is no longer needed. Electronic copies of this Guide are available on the
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XES Synergix 8825/8830/8850/8855 Windows NT 4.0 PostScript Print Driver User Guide 2 What desktop port will you be using to communicate to the printer? Make sure that you have a printer port available before starting the driver Before You Start installation. Click Start, Settings, Printers, File, Server Properties and the Ports tab to view the list of available ports. Write down an appropriate port, then click Cancel to escape. Note: In a network environment, with communication oc
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Before You Start Printing a PRINTER CONFIGURATION Test Print To check the communication settings of the printer, print a PRINTER CONFIGURATION Test Print as follows: • While the Printer is NOT printing, from the Web PMT, accessed through a web browser installed on your workstation, select PRINTER DEFAULTS, TEST PRINT. • Select the Minimal button to get a Configuration test print. • Select the Back arrow to return to the Test Print choices screen. • You can now exit the Web PMT by closing your we
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XES Synergix 8825/8830/8850/8855 Windows NT 4.0 PostScript Print Driver User Guide 4 Driver Installation Driver File Format This PostScript driver is typically delivered in Zip file format in multiple languages on CD ROM at the time that new Firmware is released. However, this driver can also be downloaded in self-extracting Zip file format from the Internet at http://www.xes.com. If downloaded from the Internet, double click on the appropriate file (AccXES70_PS_NT_ENU.EXE, for example) and th
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6. When prompted, accept the default printer name in the Printer Name Driver Installation (continued) field, or give your printer an easily recognized name. 7. Select either Yes or No to make this printer your default Windows printer. Driver Installation Procedure Choose Yes if you will be printing primarily to this printer from your Windows applications. Click Next. 1. On the Windows desktop, use your mouse to select Start, Settings, 8. When prompted, select Not Shared unless the printe
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XES Synergix 8825/8830/8850/8855 Windows NT 4.0 PostScript Print Driver User Guide 6 Driver Configuration Accessing the Printer Properties Dialog From your Desktop, click Start, Settings, and Printers to open the Printers Window revealing a representative icon for your PostScript printer. From this window, if you right mouse click on the PostScript printer icon, then left mouse click on Properties, you will open the Printer Properties dialog (set of tabbed screens) shown on the next page o
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Driver Configuration (Printer Properties Dialog) Printer Properties Dialog Tabs The following is a list of the Tabs of the Printer Properties Dialog containing numerous printer parameters that can be set as the print processing defaults for ALL print jobs by left mouse clicking on the appropriate tab and making the available selections. • General Tab Click Print Test Page to print a test page. Other buttons are not supported at this time. • Ports Tab Allows you to add and delete ports and
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XES Synergix 8825/8830/8850/8855 Windows NT 4.0 PostScript Print Driver User Guide 8 Driver Configuration (Printer Properties Dialog) Device Settings Parameters The Device Settings tab of the Printer Properties dialog contains a number of configurable device settings. Form to Tray Assignment Manual Feed Setting - Lets you set the size of the manual feed option on the printer if the printer is so equipped. It is recommended that you leave this setting at the default of letter. Roll Settings - Us
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instructions available on the Internet at www.xes.com. After downloading Parameters of the Device Settings Tab (continued) the executable file to your workstation, open a command prompt on your desktop and provide the path to the "xesfin.exe" file on your workstation. Output Protocol Specifies the output format. It is recommended that you A sample entry might be: C:\Temp>xesfin.exe (assuming the executable leave this setting at the default of ASCII. file was downloaded to your Temp directory
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XES Synergix 8825/8830/8850/8855 Windows NT 4.0 PostScript Print Driver User Guide 10 Driver Configuration (Document Properties Dialog) Accessing the Document Properties Dialog Select File, Print, within a desktop application (such as Microsoft Word, or PageMaker, for example) to display the Print Screen which typically lets you select your printer, number of copies to be printed, and range of pages to be printed. From your applications Print Screen, click the appropriate button (Propertie
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Driver Configuration (Document Properties Dialog) Document Properties Dialog Tabs This dialog consists of three Tabs: the Page Setup Tab, the Advanced Tab and the Job Tab. Select a Tab, change any parameters to the settings desired, then click the OK button for your changes to take effect and to return you to the application Print screen. Advanced Tab Parameters PAPER/OUTPUT PARAMETERS Paper Size This parameter displays the currently-selected paper size. To change the paper size to match your
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XES Synergix 8825/8830/8850/8855 Windows NT 4.0 PostScript Print Driver User Guide 12 Media Document Properties Dialog (Advanced Tab Parameters) This parameter displays the currently-selected media. To change the Orientation media, left mouse click on Media and make a selection from the available list in the bottom dialog box. The following media types are supported: This parameter displays the currently-selected orientation of the printed document on the page. To change the printed document
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Document Properties Dialog (Advanced Tab Parameters) TrueType Font Copy Count This parameter displays the currently-selected option for printing with This parameter displays the currently-selected number of copies to print. TrueType Fonts. To change the selection, left mouse click on TrueType To change the Copy Count, left mouse click on Copy Count and enter a Font and click on the appropriate radio button. If you would like to print selection from 1 to 999 in the entry box supplied in the bo
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XES Synergix 8825/8830/8850/8855 Windows NT 4.0 PostScript Print Driver User Guide 14 True Type Font Download Option Document Properties Dialog (Advanced Tab Parameters) This parameter specifies how TrueType fonts are downloaded. Typically this parameter should be left at the default of Automatic DOCUMENT OPTIONS PARAMETERS enabling the driver to decide which format is best. To change the PAGE LAYOUT (N-UP) OPTION setting, click on TrueType Font Download Option and make a selection from the li
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Document Properties Dialog (Advanced Tab Parameters) PostScript Language Level At the default value of 3, the driver displays the highest PostScript language level supporting the maximum features of the printer. A lower level (2) may resolve some printing problems, but at a cost of fewer supported printer features. Send PostScript Error Handler With a default of Yes, this parameter specifies whether an error page will be generated when an error is detected in the print job. Click on Send PostS
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XES Synergix 8825/8830/8850/8855 Windows NT 4.0 PostScript Print Driver User Guide 16 Document Properties Dialog (Advanced Tab Parameters) ACCXES OPTIONS About AccXES Plug-In Select this option and click the "About AccXES Plug In" button to display a screen informing you of the version number of the XES features created to work with this PostScript driver. Printer Accounting Note: This feature is meant to work with the Job Accounting parameters set up by your System Administrator. DEPENDING UPO
